Kyleakin Lofts

Valley North Secretary: MICK HILLAND Arbroath on 02/06/2013 at 07:45 hrs 10 Members sent 176 Club Birds. 1 R Taylor 97m 324y 1324.041 2 W McCann & A Brown 100m 587y 1291.599 3 W McCann & A Brown 1290.969 4 W McCann & A Brown 1289.398 5 M J McCann 98m 1195y 1288.390 6 M J McCann 1284.104 7 W McCann & A Brown 1273.589 8 J L Dumigan 99m 29y 1262.390 9 J L Dumigan 1260.868 10 J L Dumigan 1259.501 11 J L Dumigan 1258.440 12 J J C Nicol 105m 463y 1135.306 13 J J C Nicol 1126.333 14 J & N O'Hare 106m 15y 1126.112 15 J & N O'Hare 1125.546 16 J J C Nicol 1118.400 17 A Kyle 93m 1711y 1009.508 18 A Kyle 990.662 Wee slippy wins another and the pools for more lager

Valley North Secretary: M Hilland Perth R/course on 25/05/2013 at 07:30 hrs 7 Members sent 170 Birds. 1 W McCann & A Brown 70m 1591y 1236.575 2 R Taylor 68m 974y 1235.787 3 J L Dumigan 68m 1452y 1233.733 4 J L Dumigan 1232.478 5 J L Dumigan 1229.143 6 W McCann & A Brown 1210.584 7 W McCann & A Brown 1210.388 8 M J McCann 69m 692y 1205.918 9 J & J & C Nicol 73m 1446y 1132.253 10 J & N O’Hair 73m 1260y 1117.966 11 A Kyle 62m 1540y 888.835

Ayrshire North Road Flying Society Secretary: R MCCARRELL Perth R/course on 25/05/2013 at 07:30 hrs 782 Federation Birds. 1 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 88m 533y 1279.470 2 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 1278.243 3 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 1277.717 4 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 1272.313 5 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 1269.714 6 A Lawrence DRO 79m 611y 1263.810 7 A Lawrence DRO 1262.097 8 J McKelvie DRO 79m 493y 1252.353 9 A Lawrence DRO 1251.727 10 A Lawrence DRO 1250.606 11 J Auld MAU 72m 1228y 1246.247 12 A Lawrence DRO 1245.957 13 A Lawrence DRO 1243.922 14 G Slaven MAU 74m 1722y 1242.970 15 J Spiers DRO 79m 702y 1241.232 16 W McCann & A Brown VAL 70m 1591y 1236.575 17 R Taylor VAL 68m 974y 1235.787 18 J L Dumigan VAL 68m 1452y 1233.733 19 J L Dumigan VAL 1232.478 20 J L Dumigan VAL 1229.143 21 I Morrison MAU 72m 1307y 1222.604 22 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1210.584 23 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1210.388 24 M J McCann VAL 69m 692y 1205.918 25 W Nibloe CAR 99m 344y 1205.691 26 W Johnstone DRO 79m 571y 1192.407 27 McNish & Burton AYR 81m 1097y 1190.857 28 A Lymburn MAU 72m 1380y 1187.210 29 M McGhie MAU 76m 155y 1164.816 30 A & J Owens CUM 76m 514y 1164.057 31 J & J & C Nicol VAL 73m 1446y 1132.253 32 J & N O’Hair VAL 73m 1260y 1117.966 33 Young & dtr & Smith KIL 72m 1752y 1110.229 34 D MacKenzie & Son CUM 74m 850y 1108.427 35 J & A McDougall CUM 75m 123y 1100.360 36 J Kennedy DRO 79m 440y 1085.729 37 Cannon & Sargeant CAR 86m 719y 1075.016 38 J Scott CAR 87m 430y 1073.369 39 J Brown DRO 79m 337y 1051.770 40 Mr & Mrs Scope KIL 68m 1608y 1030.484 41 J Kirkwood KIL 70m 1296y 1021.017 42 A Mathieson MAU 72m 1120y 1018.781 43 E Quinn CAR 81m 1482y 992.031 44 J Dunlop CAR 91m 1732y 955.239 45 J J McCulloch CAR 94m 175y 926.545 46 A Kyle VAL 62m 1540y 888.835 47 K Galloway MAU 72m 797y 865.109

Ayrshire North Road Flying Society Secretary: R MCCARRELL Stirling on 04/05/2013 at 08:15 hrs 34 Members sent 510 Federation Birds 1 R Taylor VAL 38m 238y 1188.759 2 R Taylor VAL 1180.397 3 A Lawrence DRO 49m 97y 1164.094 4 A Lawrence DRO 1163.049 5 A Lawrence DRO 1161.224 6 A Lawrence DRO 1158.886 7 A Lawrence DRO 1157.074 8 J Auld MAU 42m 671y 1156.031 9 J Auld MAU 1155.434 10 A Lawrence DRO 1154.238 11 A Lawrence DRO 1151.160 12 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 57m 1450y 1141.699 13 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 1141.059 14 A Lawrence DRO 1125.645 15 R Taylor VAL 1123.428 16 J Auld MAU 1109.589 17 Cannon & Sargeant CAR 58m 725y 1079.884 18 I Morrison MAU 42m 764y 1065.524 19 W Nibloe CAR 68m 1226y 1045.549 20 J L Dumigan VAL 38m 638y 1044.901 21 M J McCann VAL 38m 1563y 1035.091 22 J & J & C Nicol VAL 43m 1462y 1035.000 23 J & N O’Hair VAL 43m 1440y 1028.495 24 W McCann & A Brown VAL 40m 690y 1028.462 25 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1026.482 26 K Galloway MAU 42m 214y 1026.191 27 McNish & Burton AYR 51m 206y 1023.698 28 D MacKenzie & Son CUM 44m 1301y 1020.402 29 E Quinn CAR 51m 593y 1006.906 30 J Spiers DRO 49m 136y 1000.687 31 W Johnstone DRO 49m 22y 997.056 32 A Lymburn MAU 42m 875y 994.051 33 A Mathieson MAU 42m 580y 990.789 34 J L Dumigan VAL 986.865 35 A & J Owens CUM 46m 1205y 968.736 36 G Slaven MAU 44m 925y 944.219 37 J & A McDougall CUM 45m 822y 915.174 38 A Kyle VAL 32m 1156y 842.609 39 J Scott CAR 56m 1296y 838.304 40 J Brown DRO 48m 1549y 814.283 41 J Dunlop CAR 61m 835y 763.640 42 J McKelvie DRO 48m 1697y 518.046

Barrhead Fereneze 92 R.P.C. Secretary: Mrs V Byrne Leicester on 01/06/2013 at 08:30 hrs Lt. North West Wind 3 Members sent 55 Club Birds. 1 Peter Murphy 259M 102Y 1082.312 2 Peter Murphy 978.136 3 Peter Murphy 949.747 4 Peter Murphy 944.305 5 George Galbraith 262M 1361Y 935.312 6 Peter Murphy 922.119 7 Peter Murphy 918.497 8 Peter Murphy 905.575 9 Peter Murphy 897.641 10 Gebbie & Flemming 257M 1682Y 884.994 11 Peter Murphy 881.814 12 Peter Murphy 872.087 13 Gebbie & Flemming 868.543 14 Peter Murphy 855.345 15 Peter Murphy 839.517 16 Peter Murphy 833.328

That's rich coming from a ghostrider. Should be highwayman Roly. :emoticon-0140-rofl:

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Happy birthday Paul, how many you caught and how big were they?

4 at Fraserburgh 165 Miles with Valley North Social Circle Montrose 104 Miles with Valley North / Ayrshire North Road Fed up to 14 depending whether the hens are due to lay.

Happy birthday all.

When I started I lost countless birds, but once I managed to get some to stay the rest seemed easy. Only started 4 years ago, but remember the anguish well. You'll need a thick skin and a duck's back to weather the storm, but the fun part and the feeling of elation seeing your birds return outweighs it all. I am only racing short just now, but am still amazed at the birds and look forward to them returning from distance.

Young bird blue su 13 ne 7381 And cheq su 13 ne 7371 Well done Craig, way to go. Hope your YB's are back, but good to see you concentrating on the returns from Oldmeldrum.

Heard of some saying they work, but I think you have to use all the deterrents on a rotational basis to keep them guessing. Any that work only last a time and the BOP become used to them, so I think a change would possibly work again. The problem with the Peregrine is that they don't always take them at the loft and you can't hang deterrents in mid air.

A lot of birds didn't make the Welsh crossing, but worked up to Scotland chasing the coast.

Looking for some young ones off his National winners. Well done Austin.

Contact Ayrshire fed sec, he is collecting and attempting to repatriate.

May sound callous, but worry about the ones IN the loft.

Somebody said 9 nest sites in the last 30 miles from Gretna to home. A 300 mile race with the same intensity of nests would mean 90 nest sites, so potentially 90 hits over this distance. A lot to contend with.

Be good to see you. Are you sending to Fraserburgh on Thursday?

FRASERBURGH OPEN RACE Organised by VALLEY NORTH CLUB Convoyed by NORTH ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB Race marking will take place behind the Thack Inn, Galston Road, HURLFORD, KA1 5HG on THURSDAY 6TH JUNE 2013 from 19.00. until 21.00. Entry Fee: £1-00 per Loft (unless previously paid) and £1-50 per bird. Pools: £2-00 per bird; paid out 60%, 30% and 10% One prize of £50-00 paid to the winning bird. The liberation will be a separate liberation independent of NRCC birds. LERWICK OPEN RACE Organised by VALLEY NORTH CLUB Convoyed by NORTH ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB Race marking will take place behind the Thack Inn, Galston Road, HURLFORD, KA1 5HG on WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE 2013 from 19.00. until 21.00. Entry Fee: £1-00 per Loft (unless previously paid) and £1-50 per bird. Pools: £2-00 per bird; paid out 60%, 30% and 10% £200-00 Prize money guaranteed. The liberation will be with NRCC birds. All Electronic Timing Systems and Manual Clocks will be accepted. Official measurements (SHU or RPRA) are required. The distance from Lerwick must be a minimum of 300 miles, Fraserburgh 150 miles, but may come and go if Lerwick measurement is correct. We understand that there may be some anomalies. Any further info required contact: Mobile: 07850653338 Mobile: 07745764422 E Mail: NorthRoadPigeons@hotmail.com

Andy owns an extra wide pair o' willies.

Andy Burgess? They're baith intae animals.

He didnae dae me!!!

Empty yer box.

Anybody who is interested in these races, I would advise to use this link to check your distances, http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm If you come within the parameters and I am assured that the organisers, Valley North, will come and go within reason, then contact your club secretary and ask them to contact SHU or RPRA for your official measurements. Linda at SHU may say that Lerwick is not on Valley North's programme, but if your secretary reminds her that they are organising an extra open race she will get the measurements for your secretary.